The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-03-19
GETAWAYS SUPERVISOR,


fill vacancy caused by the death oil d. T.
Jones' the FREE TRADER believed the Sc
lection wise one. At the ensuing cleo
ton II favored his retention In the place
and he was elected without opposition a
wear since contest was made ana MT
Reed was chosen by majority OF three
hundred and forty, the FREE TRADER sup
porting him on the ground or his efficiency
as a member of the Board and the need oil
the townships retaining him In order TO
promote the public 8 cd. Another con
test has been precipitated, and MIR, keed
il again a candidate for the position he has
80 well filled and for an opponent has
William j. Dryer, at present one OF the
assistant supervisorSof the town, appointed
TO fill vacancy caused by the resignation
Of Matthew White,
For the same reason that the FREE IRA
DER has supported Mr., Reed in the past
II shall urge his election in the present In
stance. He is a careful, painstakiDg bust.
ness man, who brings to the discharge OF
his public duties the same scrupulouS eX'
actitude that he evinces in bis private mat
ters. He has discharged every obligation
of his Office with the utmost fidelity, up
rightness and fairness. He has been want
ing In no respect, and there exists no good
reason why he should not be retained His
experience and his acquaintanceship upon
the Board renders him better fitted for the
promotion of the townships good than any
new man, and to displace him would be a
mistake.
The candidacy of his opponent, MIR.
Dryer, is just trifle peculiar. There
would have been no opposition to his cleo
ton as an assistant supervisor, and he might
have pursued the investigation in which
he has been engaged to its end but lis
tening to the advice of injudicious friends,
he has decided to be the first of the three
or none at all. He knows Mr.. Reed has
been a good supervisor, but he wants the
place and he thinks the people think as he
does, and therefore he will make the race.
To be very candid with Mr.. Dryer, we
must say we believe he has made mis-.
take. He can not defeat Mr.. Reed, and his
action in not being content with the assist
ants place will result in his having no
place at all. The people are willing to
credit Mr.. Dwyer with all that is his due;
but he must not want too much all at once.
1t is very unwise for a young man, espec-
tally, to be over mbitious Then, too, Mr.
DIVER must not place too much reliance
upon what friends, especially nonresident
friends, tell him. The good people of OF
tawa can conduct their own campaigns
without assistance from either Earl, Ophir
or Rutland
The Journal, for some reason or other,
has taken upon itself the especial work OF
fighting Mr.. Reed, and IN its usual disrep-
utahle and untruthful way has in its Issues
of tie past week published garbled ex.
tracts from the records of the Board OF
Supervisors with the purpose in view of
connecting Mr.. Reed in some way with the
Journars late supporter and backer-eX-
sheriff Milligan. 1t has singled out, for
this purpose, the wash bills presented to
the Board by the sheriff. We presume
Supervisor Norton, who is especially active
in attempting to defeat Mr. Reed, feels
more at home on wash bill accounts, hence
the selection. That this matter may be
understood as It Is, and at the very outset,
the supervisor records have been carefully
searched since 1885 and show as follows:
July Term, 1SS5-hll bills of sheriff re-
ported on by committee on court house and
jaii allowed, including bill for washing of
s2lS.23. Report signed by John F, Reed,
Henry Gum, Charles Madden, w. Ii. Nor
en and Henry Bowen,
.Septen.Jer Term, 1885 Supervisor Reed
exported bill tor washing from July /, 1885,
% September, 1, 1885, of Sl0245, from
committee to open beard for their action.
On motion of Norton the bill was referred
er that the Journal has exhausted itself
IN. The FREE TRADER has no desire to
letract from any credit that may be due
either Mr.. Norton or Mr.. Dwyer; but If
hey think Mr. Reed can be defeated by
he tactics pursued thus far In the canvass
~ their organ, the Journal, they are mis-
AIKEN. There is no reason why this con
est should not be manly and dignified;
md the attempt to make 1t otherwise by
he Journal can not but injurieusly affect
Mr.. Dryers prospects of success, if he has
my.
Asa pure business matter, and for the
,est interests of the town, Mr.. Reed ought
o be elected
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